nightclubginal, the acts were set in the body of a stage.aditional broadway i see this every time.this would not be possible without help prince and the original. in the mid-1960's it was the musical about the rise of nazi-ism. two couples who fall in love and cannot be together because of the nazis and that was daring and it has come into its own as time has gone on. >> did you codirect this with rob marshall? >> rob arrived with the broadway production and it needed a healthy dose of proper choreography and showbiz. the man who did "chicago" nobody do that. >> there are certain similarities as well. the sense in which the numbers occupy a territory of fantasy which is the nightclub which is not dissimilar to the nightclub in cabaret. >> now talk about king lear. which is in production as we speak. >> there is a lot to talk about. >> i want your production and why he is right person to do king lear for you. >> the people we are talking s ist, alan and simon, thi the ninth play. we graduated from richard iii to king lear.ugh it was a relationship we would arrive at. which is seen c